La Maisonnette. A very fine and large 18K gold openface carillon minute repeating keyless lever watch, made for the Spanish market
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La Maisonnette. A very fine and large 18K gold openface carillon minute repeating keyless lever watch, made for the Spanish market

SIGNED LA MAISONNETTE, RETAILED BY LEOCADIO MA. ARANGO & CO., NO. 136'323, CIRCA 1900

Closed14 May 2012

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CHF 18,750

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La Maisonnette. A very fine and large 18K gold openface carillon minute repeating keyless lever watch, made for the Spanish market
Signed La Maisonnette, retailed by Leocadio Ma. Arango & Co., no. 136'323, circa 1900
Mechanical keyless lever movement, 32 jewels, minute repeating and carillon quarter repeating on three polished steel hammers onto two gongs, glazed dust cover, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, finely engine-turned floral and scroll decorated case, repeating slide in the band, case and movement numbered, dial signed by maker, cuvette signed by retailer and numbered
56 mm. diam.

Specialist note

The present watch is distinguished by its excellent overall condition.
The carillon repeating mechanism is more complicated than the better known quarter or minute repeating function and is more commonly found in clock watches. It features three or four gongs instead of only two. The quarter hours of the present watch are stroke on three hammers onto three gongs.